Justifying device for linotypes.



J. BI ROGERS.

JUSTIFYING DEYIGE FOR LINOTYPES.

(Applicatinn filed Nov. 26, 190-1.

Patented Mar. 4, 1902.

(No Model.)

F i /1 14 r INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNlTED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHhlR. ROGERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEvV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGEN- THALERLINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

. JUSTIFYlNG DEVICE FOR LINOTYPES.,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,788, dated March 4,1902. Application filed November 26, 1901. Serial 110,553,766. (lilomodel.)

,To o whom it may concern:

Be it known that .1, JOHN R. ROGERS, of Brooklyn, county pf Kings, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inJustifying Devices for Linotypes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of justifiers or spacers for use inlinotype-machines as elements in the composed line of matrices" for thedouble purpose of expanding the coin v posed line to a predeterminedlength and of coeperating with the matrices to close the face of themold in which'the slug or linotype is cast. It has reference moreparticularly to that class of justifiers in which two wedge: likemembers are arranged to slide one upon the other and is by its form andconstruction more particularly adapted for use in that class oflinotype-inachines in which the matrices and spacers are suspended fromand arranged to travel on inclined wires or guides, as shown,'forexample, in United States Letters Patent N 0. 679,481.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of myimproved.

spacer. V Fig. 2 is a perspective View from the opposite side. Fig. 3 isa view of the spacer from one side; Fig. 4, a view of the same from theopposite side. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 5 5 ofFig. 1. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are cross-sections on theycorrespondingly-numbered lines of the preceding figures. Fig. 9 is afront edge view illustrating on a larger scale the justifier inoperative relation to adjoining matrices. I

Referring to the drawings, A and B represent, respectively, the bodyportion and the sliding wedge, which jointly constitute the spacingdevice. The body portion A is in the form of a long flexible shank orblade, having at the lower end a rectangular outline in cross-sectionand a width equally or substantially equal to that of the matrices withwhich it is to be used and having at the upper end a hook or eye a, bywhich it is suspended from the guides in the .machine. The extreme lowerend of the body is reduced in width edgewise below the shoulders at a.This reduced portion or neck a from the shoulders a to the lower end isthe operative portion of the body when the spacer is in use and isbeveled on the outer side or reduced in thickness toward the lower end,as plainly shown in Fig. 9., or, in other words, is given a tapered orwedge form, The lower end of the body is provided on one side with; along shallow groove (1 with undercut walls, or, in other words, ofdovetail form.

The member Bis in the form of a long wedge,having a width equal tothatOf-the neck 6L2 and groove a and is of rectangular cross-section. Atits upper end for a distance of half an inch, more or less, the Wedge Bis provided on its edges with lips I), (see Fig. 3,) adapted to-fitloosely within the groove a of the body, this connection serving toprevent the parts from being separated laterally, but permitting thewedge to slide freely upward and downward in relation to the body. Inorder to prevent the escape of the wedge and to hold it in suspensionover the body when free, the lower edges of the groove are closed bycompressing the metal at b, so that the lips of the wedge cannotslideout of the groove. The groove a is of uniform depth, so that theadjacent side of the wedge stands in line with the body, while theopposite or outer side of the wedge stands in a divergent line parallelwith the beveled face of theneck 6&2 of the body. This neck and theportion of the wedge which is. for the time being opposite theretoconstitute jointly the operative or eifective part of the justifier. Inother words, these parts stand in the line between the matrices toeffect the spreading or justifying action. As the wedge is pushedforward in relation to the body the space is increased in thickness atthe operative point; but the outer surfaces-that is to say, the surfaceof the neck a? on one side and the surface of the wedge on the oppositesideretain at all times theiriparallelism. When the device is in use,the operative parallel faces stand in vertical lines between thematrices. As the face of the neck (Z2 assumes the vertical positionthere will of course be some tendency to throw the upper end or shank ofthe body A to one side out ofthe vertical position; but as this movementis very slight and the upper end of the shank is flexible no difficultyis encountered in practice.

The front edges of the neck a and the wedge B stand flush with eachother and with the front edges of the matrices, so that they will, likethe latter, fit tightly against the face of the mold to prevent theescape of the molten metal therefrom.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A justifying device for alinotype-machine, consisting of the body portion A,having a neck abeveled on one side, and the wedgeshaped member B, having its bodyportion of the same width. as the neck, and its upper end mounted toslide in the body portion, substantially as described.

2. In a justifying device, a body portion A of uniform thickness, havinga groove (1, in one side and having a neck or beveled on the oppositeside, in combination with a wedge 13, sliding at one end within thegroove in the body and having at said end lips fitted in the undercutwalls of the groove.

In a justifying device fora linotype-1na-- chinefa body portion A,having in one side a longitudinal groove with undercut side walls closedat the lower end, in combination with a wedge, having its body portionadapted to slide in said groove and its upper end provided with lipsloosely engaging the undercut walls whereby the two parts are adapted toconstitute jointly an expansible space Withpermanently-connectedmembers, adapting it to be handled as a unit.

4. A spacing device consisting of the flexible shank A, with asuspending device at the upper end and with a longitudinal groove and anarrowed tapered neck at the lower end, in combination with thefreely-movable wedge loosely suspended from the body by lips enteringthe groove, the body portion of the wedge being adapted to slide upwardwithin the groove as described.

5. In a justifying device and in combination with a wedge, having lipsat one end as described, the metal body having the tapered lower end andthe groove with undercut walls to receive and guide the wedge, the wallsbeing closedat the lower end to prevent the escape of the wedge,substantially as described and shown.

6. In a justifying device for a linotype-lnachine, a body portionreduced in Width at the lower end to form aneck a with parallel edges,said neck beveled or inclined on one side, in combination with a wedge,having a uniform width throughout its operative portion equal to thewidth of the neck, and having at the upper end lips fittedand arrangedto slide freelyin the groove in the body, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 22d day of November,1901, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

' JOHN R. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. ANDERSON, J r., WM. A. YERZLEY.

